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TEFL Training Institute Podcast

Far too much of language teaching literature is, to quote Stephen Krashen, “Far too long, far too incomprehensible and far too full of jargon,” not to mention far too expensive. The TEFL Training Inst... Read more

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What Teachers Need to Know (and What’s Stopping Them) (with Stephen Krashen)

What Teachers Need to Know (and What’s Stopping Them) (with Stephen Krashen)

We talk with Stephen Krashen, Professor Emeritus at the University of California, about the teacher research knowledge g... Read more

24 Feb 2019

15mins

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Podcast: Who Owns English? It's Not Who You Think

Podcast: Who Owns English? It's Not Who You Think

What's the world's second largest English speaking country? The UK? Canada? Australia? Try again. It's India. If you don... Read more

8 Aug 2016

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Xmas Special - Native-speakerism and Discrimination (with Marek Kiczkowiak)

Xmas Special - Native-speakerism and Discrimination (with Marek Kiczkowiak)

Marek talks with us about the discrimination non-native English teachers face in finding jobs, being promoted and being ... Read more

15 Dec 2019

15mins

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Podcast: Taking Role Plays from Nerdiness to Awesomeness (with Fifi Pyatt)

Podcast: Taking Role Plays from Nerdiness to Awesomeness (with Fifi Pyatt)

We discuss how to help students get as much as possible from role plays and also go off on tangents about burning witche... Read more

20 Aug 2017

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Podcast: How not to Teach Phonics (With Debbie Hepplewhite)

Podcast: How not to Teach Phonics (With Debbie Hepplewhite)

Not sure if you’ve been teaching reading right? Listen to Debbie Hepplewhite and find out what you might have been doing... Read more

27 Jan 2019

15mins

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Applying Critical Thinking In Classes and Materials Writing (with John Hughes)

Applying Critical Thinking In Classes and Materials Writing (with John Hughes)

At one end of the spectrum, language classes often include memorization and paraphrasing and at the other end creativity... Read more

26 Aug 2018

15mins

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Principles for Vocabulary Teaching (with Hugh Dellar)

Principles for Vocabulary Teaching (with Hugh Dellar)

Hugh Dellar talks to us about the principals behind vocabulary teaching, the dangers of teaching lexical sets and why we... Read more

25 Aug 2019

15mins

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Podcast: Learning from Theory, Learning From Practice (with Dave Weller)

Podcast: Learning from Theory, Learning From Practice (with Dave Weller)

We discuss the differences between theory and practice in teacher development and the most effective was to learn from t... Read more

9 Dec 2018

14mins

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Episode 75! What's The Best Way to Learn a Language (With Dave Weller)

Episode 75! What's The Best Way to Learn a Language (With Dave Weller)

We challenged each other to fit everything we could about language learning onto a single page of A4 paper, then compare... Read more

6 Oct 2019

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Student Centered Vocabulary Teaching (with Mario Rinvolucri)

Student Centered Vocabulary Teaching (with Mario Rinvolucri)

We speak with Mario Rinvolucri, author of “Vocabulary” and “Humanizing Your Coursebook”, how teachers can humanize vocab... Read more

29 Dec 2019

15mins

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Podcast: Stop Reading And Start TAVI-ing! Get The Most Out Of Texts In The Classroom

Podcast: Stop Reading And Start TAVI-ing! Get The Most Out Of Texts In The Classroom

Teachers have used readings readings in different ways over the last centaury - from translating into their first langua... Read more

19 Sep 2016

14mins

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Understanding Connected Speech (with Mark Hancock)

Understanding Connected Speech (with Mark Hancock)

We ask Mark Hancock (author of Pronunciation Games, English Pronunciation in Use and Pron Pack) what makes authentic Eng... Read more

1 Dec 2019

15mins

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Principles For Designing Better Tasks (with Dave Weller)

Principles For Designing Better Tasks (with Dave Weller)

Find Lesson Planning for Language TeachersFor more podcasts, videos and blogs, visit our website Support the podcast – b... Read more

30 Jun 2019

15mins

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How Do L2 Users Think Differently from Monolinguals? (Vivian Cook’s Career Highlights)

How Do L2 Users Think Differently from Monolinguals? (Vivian Cook’s Career Highlights)

Professor Cook tells us about his own experiences as a language learner, teacher and researcher and what has changed in ... Read more

16 Jun 2019

15mins

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Podcast: Lessons about Lesson Planning (with Ray Davila)

Podcast: Lessons about Lesson Planning (with Ray Davila)

"Plan-teach-reflect" - everything starts from lesson planning. This episode we look at what to put in a plan, how to pla... Read more

10 Sep 2017

15mins

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The Art of Story Arcs and Transitions in Language Lessons (With Diederik Van Gorp)

The Art of Story Arcs and Transitions in Language Lessons (With Diederik Van Gorp)

Do lessons have a plot? Should classes have a story line? How do lesson plans resemble movie scripts? We speak with teac... Read more

23 Feb 2020

15mins

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Questions About Questions (with Matt Courtois & Karin Xie)

Questions About Questions (with Matt Courtois & Karin Xie)

We discuss different models of asking questions to students, typical mistakes trainers make in asking questions and the ... Read more

19 May 2019

15mins

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Why Students Don't Like Language Class (With Dave Weller)

Why Students Don't Like Language Class (With Dave Weller)

We discuss what we can apply to the language classroom from Daniel Willingham’s book “Why Don't Students Like School?”, ... Read more

11 Aug 2019

15mins

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Ethics of English Education (With Dave Weller)

Ethics of English Education (With Dave Weller)

Ross and favorite guest Dave Weller talk about ethics in English education. What problems are caused by charging for tea... Read more

12 Jan 2020

15mins

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Getting Time on Your Side (with Allan Crocker)

Getting Time on Your Side (with Allan Crocker)

In this episode Ross and Trinity CertTESOL course director Allan Crocker discuss the issues related to time; how time in... Read more

2 Jun 2019

15mins

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